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Sondra Locke was born May 28, 1944 as Sandra Louise Smith, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, a quiet little town about 60 miles southeast of Nashville. She was the daughter of Raymond Smith, a military man stationed at nearby Tullahoma, and Pauline Bayne. Smith departed the scene before Sondra's birth. In 1945, her mother wed William B. Elkins, and together they had a son, Donald, on April 26, 1946. The short union ended in divorce. In 1948, Bayne remarried. Alfred Locke bestowed his surname on Pauline's children and raised them as his own. Sondra's stepfather was a carpenter; her mother worked in a pencil factory. For the smart, fanciful Locke, "My childhood felt as if I had been dropped off at an extended summer camp from which I was waiting to be picked up." The bright girl loved to read, which puzzled her simple mother, who was always pushing her to spend more time outside. Sondra's happiest moments occurred on weekend visits to the local movie theater.
Locke was a cheerleader in junior high and graduated valedictorian of Shelbyville Mills' 1957-1958 eighth grade class. At Shelbyville Central High School, the "classroom was the one place where I felt like I had a chance to prove myself and I continued to excel. I felt safe there and I liked it." Her best friend was classmate Gordon Anderson, the son of a teacher, whose family had relocated to the area from Arkansas around 1953. He was a fey young man, who shared many of Sondra's fanciful hopes about the future and was her collaborator in devising harmless ways to make their lives in Shelbyville more magical. One of the duo's frequent activities was making home movies with Gordon's Super 8 camera.
When Gordon attended Middle Tennessee State University (in Murfreesboro, about 30 miles from Nashville) in 1962, Sondra enrolled there too. Upon completing freshman year, Sondra had a blowup with her mother, left home, and did not return to college. Instead, she worked in Nashville as a promotions assistant for WSM-TV, with occasional modeling and voiceover work. While in Nashville, Locke began acting in community theater as a member of Circle Players Inc. Along the way she dated George Crook, a cameraman from WSM, and Brad Crandall, head of the station's public relations department. She also enjoyed a romance with law student Gary Gober, whom she had been in plays with. Meanwhile, Gordon revealed to her that he was homosexual. He went off to Manhattan to study acting and, for a while, had a lover there. Anderson was talented but unfocused about his theater craft and eventually returned to Tennessee. Because of Locke's spiritual kinship with Anderson, she and Gordon decided to wed. The mixed-orientation couple were married at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville on September 25, 1967. (Reputedly, the marriage was never consummated.)
If Gordon was unable to launch his own acting career, he had no such problems igniting Sondra's. Months before their wedding, he learned that Warner Bros. was holding a nationwide search for a young actress to play a key role in the screen adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968). Anderson helped Locke research the part of Mick, a teenage waif in a southern town who befriends a suicidal deaf-mute (Alan Arkin) boarding at the house where she lives. For the audition, in Birmingham, Alabama, Gordon bleached her eyebrows, bound her bosom and carefully fixed her hair, makeup and outfit so that she would instantly impress casting agents. The ploy succeeded, and, after several callbacks, Locke -- who lied about her age to seem younger -- was hired. The movie was released in the summer of 1968 and earned respectful reviews from critics, although many filmgoers found the picture too arty. Sondra was Oscar-nominated for her sensitive portrayal.
Next, Sondra moved to Los Angeles, with Gordon in tow. She hoped to parlay her Academy Award nomination into further movie assignments. The big-eyed, wiry bottle blonde found it difficult to win choice roles, making her accept lesser projects, the most famous of which was Willard (1971), a film about marauding rats. Cover Me Babe (1970), A Reflection of Fear (1972) and The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974) faded into cinematic obscurity. In the lattermost, Locke played a Christ figure and had torrid love scenes with Paul Sand. Episodic television provided steadier acting opportunities: the anthology program Night Gallery (1969) and dramatic series including The F.B.I. (1965), Cannon (1971), Kung Fu (1972) and Barnaby Jones (1973). Thanks in part to the limited media of the time, she was able to maintain the ruse of younger age, which no doubt extended her shelf-life amid professional lulls. It was in 1972 that she first met rising kingpin Clint Eastwood when he was preparing to direct his second feature film, Breezy (1973). For the title role, Locke was passed over in favor of nine-years-younger Kay Lenz.
For half of the 1970s, the Andersons resided at West Hollywood's Andalusia condominium complex whilst seeing other people. For a time, Sondra was involved with Bruce Davison, her co-star from Willard (1971). While working on the teleplay Gondola (1974), she gained a new boyfriend, sandy-haired actor Bo Hopkins. He was once divorced and shared her penchant for falsifying birthdates. In the spring of 1974, she visited the set of Hopkins' current project, The Killer Elite (1975), and networked with composer Jerry Fielding, who was about to score a new Western showcase for Clint Eastwood. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) had a role that Locke thought could revitalize her career. This time, Eastwood was responsive and hired the 31-year-old to play his romantic interest. In early October 1975, the complementary pair fell hard for each other on location in Page, Arizona. "We were almost living together from the very first days of the film," Locke remembered. Besotted Clint confided he'd never been in love before and wrote a poem for his new mate: "She made me monogamous." This serially philandering megastar was 14 years her senior and a foot taller than she.
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) was indeed a hit, with Sondra sparking a flurry of interest among male viewers as virtually nonspeaking eye candy. Yet she stopped pursuing film roles on her own initiative to assume wifely duties, appearing on the big screen exclusively in Eastwood-controlled projects thereon. The sole exception to this was The Shadow of Chikara (1977), an Arkansas-lensed Western with burly Joe Don Baker. (The home invasion thriller Death Game (1977), though released after Locke and Eastwood became an item, was actually shot in 1974.) "Clint wanted me to work only with him," she said. "He didn't like the idea of me being away from him."
Over the next few years, Locke had two abortions from her relationship with Eastwood. In 1979, she underwent a tubal ligation at UCLA to prevent further pregnancies. She and Clint settled into a $1.12 million, seven-bedroom Spanish-style Bel-Air mansion originally built in 1931, which she spent months renovating and decorating, and which she believed would be hers for life. She continued to spend platonic time with Gordon, whom she never divorced, nurtured by their spiritual relationship. Gordon moved in and out of gay relationships, and sometimes he and a boyfriend would socialize with Clint and Sondra. As for the professional side of things, Locke and Eastwood reteamed for his action opus The Gauntlet (1977), slapstick adventure-comedy Every Which Way But Loose (1978), its sequel Any Which Way You Can (1980), the quirky satire Bronco Billy (1980) and the fourth, darkest, most ambitious "Dirty Harry" vehicle, Sudden Impact (1983). All were stellar box office performers and cemented the twosome as filmdom's most visible couple.
During this period, Sondra took a few TV roles when Clint was starring in a movie that had no part for her to play (such as Escape from Alcatraz (1979) or Firefox (1982)). The first time she worked apart from him for any length of time since The Shadow of Chikara (1977) in 1976 was Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982). (Rosemary Clooney personally asked Locke to star in the CBS biopic on the strength of her performance in Bronco Billy (1980).) She later made an appearance on Britain's Tales of the Unexpected (1979) series. For the most part, however, she found herself sitting on the sidelines waiting for Eastwood to cast her in something.
By the mid-1980s, Sondra, over 40 but still refusing to admit it, was acutely aware that in Hollywood terms her leading lady days were just about finished. She had long been interested in film directing and had observed carefully how Eastwood and others directed the pictures she was in. With his blessing, she found a property that intrigued her and that his Malpaso production company would package, and developed it into a project for Warner Bros. She made Ratboy (1986), but despite good reviews, the film received scant distribution. In retrospect, Locke concluded that her exertion of authority over the project caused her longtime paramour to turn away from her, to find someone who was more compliant. (In an unpublicized affair with stewardess Jacelyn Reeves, Eastwood sired two legally fatherless children born in 1986 and 1988, in Monterey -- an "evil betrayal" Locke was unaware of.)
The showdown between Sondra and Clint occurred on December 29, 1988 at their mountain hideaway in Sun Valley, Idaho. After an unpleasant screaming match, Eastwood suggested Locke go back to Los Angeles. She sensed their relationship had passed a point of reconciliation, a fact confirmed when she scarcely saw Eastwood in subsequent months and when industry friends they knew in common shunned her. As she admitted later, "In my head I guess I knew it was over, but in my heart Clint and I were still not severed." On April 10, 1989, while she was directing a demanding sequence in a new police procedural, Impulse (1990), Eastwood had the locks changed on their house in Bel-Air. He also ordered her possessions to be boxed and put in storage. A letter addressed to "Mrs. Gordon Anderson," imperatively telling her not to come home, was delivered to her lawful husband's doorstep. When Gordon telephoned Sondra on the set and read her the letter, she fainted dead away in front of the cast and crew.
On April 26, 1989, Sondra filed a palimony lawsuit against her domestic partner of 14 years. Her "brazenness" in taking on the powerful Eastwood amazed and shocked Tinseltown and titillated the public. Her action sought unspecified damages and an equal division of the property she and Eastwood had acquired during their relationship. Locke asked for title to the Bel-Air home they had shared and to the Crescent Heights (West Hollywood) place Eastwood had purchased in 1982 (in which Gordon lived). The closed hearing was held on May 31, 1989, before a private judge. Before any court decision could be made, a private settlement was reached between the parties. Locke received $450,000, the Crescent Heights property, and a $1.5 million multiyear development-directing pact at Warner Bros. In return, she dropped her suit. By then, the fall of 1990, she was happy to end the hassle. (In the past months she had been diagnosed with cancer, undergone a double mastectomy, and endured chemotherapy.)
For the next three years Locke submitted over 30 projects to Warner Bros., but none received a green light to move ahead. Moreover, the studio refused to assign her to direct any of their in-house projects. In the mid-1990s, Sondra discovered evidence that Eastwood had arranged to reimburse Warner Bros. for her three-year studio contract -- a matter that he had never mentioned to her. It became obvious that the studio's negative professional attitude toward her had little or nothing to do with her directing or project-finding abilities. On June 5, 1995, Locke sued Eastwood again, alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. She claimed that Clint's behind-the-scene actions had sent a message "to the film industry and the world at large ... that Locke was not to be taken seriously." (According to Sondra's lawyer, the situation was Clint's "way of terminating the earlier palimony suit.")
While Locke's case was revving up at the Burbank Courthouse, Eastwood begged her to settle. On September 24, 1996 -- the morning jurors were set to begin a second day of deliberation -- Sondra announced her decision to drop her suit against Clint for an undisclosed monetary reward. One contingency was laid down: she would not reveal the settlement amount. The jubilant plaintiff said, "This was never about money. It was about my fighting for my professional rights." According to the victor, "I didn't enjoy it. But sometimes you have to do things you don't enjoy." Locke added, "In this business, people get so accustomed to being abused, they just accept the abuse and say, 'Well, that's just the way it is.' Well, it isn't."
But Locke was not finished. She had a pending action against Warner Bros. for allegedly harming her career by agreeing to the sham movie-directing deal that Eastwood had purportedly engineered. On May 24, 1999, just as jury selection was beginning (and four days before Locke turned 55), the studio reached an out-of-court settlement with Sondra.
In the decade following her courtroom saga, Sondra did not direct another movie. She did make a brief return to acting with cameo roles in back-to-back low-budget independent features, The Prophet's Game (2000) and Clean and Narrow (2000), both of which failed to secure a theatrical release. In 2001, she sold her home in the Hollywood Hills and moved to another part of L.A. After interim flings with producer Hawk Koch and John F. Kennedy's nephew Robert Shriver, she had a live-in relationship with one of the physicians who had treated her during her cancer siege. Dr. Scott Cunneen, described by Locke as "Herculean," was 17 years her junior, his mother only three years older than Sondra. She eventually split up with him.
In 2016, preceded by a protracted absence from the public eye, trade press reported that Locke would come out of retirement to co-star in Alan Rudolph's Ray Meets Helen (2017) opposite Keith Carradine. The film was booked for a limited run in spring 2018. No longer able to hide her true year of birth in the post-internet era, Sondra was playing a romantic lead at the unheard of age of 74.
Locke died on November 3, 2018, of cardiac arrest stemming from metastatic breast cancer. It was not publicized until mid-December. The mysterious six-week delay raised a lot of eyebrows, especially since the belated news leaked opening day of the latest Eastwood blockbuster, The Mule (2018). According to a death certificate obtained by the media, her cancer had returned in 2015 and spread to her bones. Locke's remains were cremated at Westwood (Village) Mortuary and the ashes entrusted to her husband of 51 years. Rosanna Arquette, Frances Fisher and Evan Rachel Wood were among the celebrities who paid tribute. Despite the acrimony that followed the collapse of her famous relationship, Locke will be long remembered for her prominent roles in some of Eastwood's most popular works -- and perhaps dichotomously, as a pioneer for the rights of independent working women.- Mike Sexton was born on 22 September 1947 in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for 7 Days to Vegas (2019), World Poker Tour (2003) and World Poker Tour: Rise Above (2017). He was married to Karen Sexton and Unknown. He died on 6 September 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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Ted Allen was born in December 1955 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA. He is known for Deja Vu (2006), The Island (2005) and Volcano (1997). He has been married to Julie M. Allen since 8 March 1975. They have three children.- Actor
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Born Wilfred L. W. Dobson, the oldest child of eight children, Wil spent the first 30 years of his life in Western Michigan.
Known to his family and schoolmates as "Fred", he graduated from Holton High School and later attended the Muskegon College of Business and Technology with a focus on a career as a technical draftsman before dropping out due to extreme boredom.
Shortly after the start of the 1st Gulf War, Wil joined the US Army Reserves in 1991, and completing his Combat Medic (91b) training in San Antonio, Texas in the summer of 1992, and being assigned to an Army Mobile Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Due military budget cuts during the Clinton administration, his Mobile Army Hospital closed, and Wil requested a new Army MOS, earning an Honor Graduate award as a Transportation Specialist (88m). Wil served with the 180th Transportation Company in Muskegon, Michigan where he was awarded an Army Commendation Medal for his role in a mission called "Operation Golden Cargo" (1996).
Wil started his IT career in Grand Haven, Michigan with a small internet company (Novagate Communications) around 1995 but was forced to seek a richer IT job market in the early 2000's after the collapse of the tech-bubble.
Wil moved his wife and two children (Shelby and Spencer) to Texas in 2002 to work for Verizon Directories and then Verizon Business Services where he specialized in full-stack web development and database administration. He has been in the Great State of Texas ever since, continually seeking ways to use his talents for life's little adventures.
Wil lost his wife Terri to cancer in the mid-2010s, during which time both of his two children developed type-1 juvenile diabetes.
"I've experienced great pain, immense despair, and tremendous loss over the years, yet my faith in Christ / God and the supportive people around me has seen me through. This has provided me some perspective on the relationship between time and healing. I believe the horrible events in my life have given me fresh opportunities to assist others who also suffer."
As of 2022, Wil works as an IT Solutions Architect in the Dallas area, and he and his wife Erin channel their energies into their church community and the disabled veteran hockey community, where they work closely with the Dallas Warriors Hockey club, a 501c3 charity, focusing on giving veterans an outlet for exercise and growing relationships with other military veterans.
"Were I to provide words to describe my interests and history, I might include: A Dad, Husband, Graphic artist, Computer programmer, Martial artist, Army Medic, Hockey player, Bass guitarist, Actor (commercials and film), Videographer and VERY occasionally, an Activist."
Wil has been far from his West Michigan home for quite some time now, but is pleased to acknowledge the power of true, life-long friends.
"We may not talk all that often after years of being apart, but I respect the formative impressions my friends left on my life and character. When I have opportunities to see them, I am always eager to hug them and let them know what their friendship has meant to me."- Bill Maynard was born on 25 July 1923 in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA. He was married to Clarice Bell. He died on 4 June 2007 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
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Roger Slifer was an American comic book writer, screenwriter and producer from Indiana. He is known for co-creating Lobo, who first appeared in Omega Men. Lobo was adapted into an animated series in 2000 starring Greg Eagles and Kevin Michael Richardson. He passed away in March 2015 after being a victim of a hit and run.- Additional Crew
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Wilbur Shaw was born on 31 October 1902 in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Crowd Roars (1932), 1928 Indianapolis 500 (1928) and 1927 Indianapolis 500 (1927). He was married to Cathleen "Boots" Stearns and Beatrice Patrick. He died on 30 October 1954 in near Decatur, Indiana, USA.- Robert McLean was born on 2 September 1947 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA. He died on 25 September 2007 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA.
- Alice Hegan Rice was born on 11 January 1870 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA. Alice Hegan was a writer, known for Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934), Lovey Mary (1926) and Sandy (1918). Alice Hegan was married to Cale Young Rice. Alice Hegan died on 10 February 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- Henry Youngman was born on 7 November 1846 in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Humanity (1916), Slippery Slim, the Mortgage and Sophie (1914) and Slippery Slim and the Impersonator (1914). He died on 24 December 1940 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- J. Franklin Bell was born on 9 January 1856 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA. He died on 8 January 1919.
- Jim Mitchell was born on 19 October 1947 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA. He died on 20 October 2007 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA.
- With a personal life story that could provide content for a miniseries, Daniel Latch brings rawness and intelligence to his roles from his experiences as a Marine, DoD/NATO advisor, Fortune 100 executive and social entrepreneur. Daniel trained in acting with masters Del Close, father of long form improv, at his Chicago Improv Olympics studio and Oscar winning director, Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.
Daniel created the role of the General for Joni and Gina's (lesbian) Wedding which he played for six seasons before being invited to spend two years preparing United States Marines for combat and cultural interaction in Iraq through the use of acting scenario training, of which he trained, directed and led over 2000 kinetic and nonkinetic, real-life scenarios. Daniel has earned certifications and degrees in multiple areas, including: military aerospace electronics, psychology, communication, management, marketing, total quality, total wellness, hypnotherapy, NLP and bioenergetics.
When not occupied as an actor, Daniel is a social entrepreneur and wellness coach using advanced, non-invasive and safe technologies to bring his clients more of what they want in life, love, and career. - Jim Mitchell was born on 19 October 1947 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA. He died on 20 October 2007 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA.
- Alonzo Bozan was born on 7 October 1886 in Shelbyville, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Our Virgin Island (1958), Junction 88 (1947) and The Motorola Television Hour (1953). He was married to Rose Hensley. He died on 24 June 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Paige Zinaman was born and raised in Shelbyville, Indiana, she is the youngest of 7, having four brothers and two sisters. She graduated from Shelbyville High School in 2012 and continued her education in 2020 during the pandemic when she enrolled at The Los Angeles Film School where she earned a Bachelor's of Science in Film Production degree with a concentration on Directing. She is an avid writer and traveler.- Zachary Ryan Allen was born in Shelbyville, Indiana - the youngest child of John and Roxanne Allen. At only three weeks old, he made his stage debut as Jesus in First Baptist Church of Shelbyville's annul Christmas cantata. It would be another five years before Zachary would return to the stage and begin making regular appearances in school productions.
Although Zach always expressed natural talent and a passion to perform, it wasn't until middle school that the "acting bug" really caught on. He appeared in every drama production of his high school career, in many of which he played a leading role. It was also in high school that Zach began honing his skills as a singer. He was actively involved in Western High School's Robed Choir, for which he served as secretary and president during his junior and senior years, respectively. He also began formal voice training at this time.
Inevitably, school performances were just not enough. Zachary made his community theatre debut at the age of 14 in Kokomo Civic Theatre's 2004 production of "The Wizard of Oz." He would go on to perform in many shows with the company and received a handful of awards including the Hugo DiSalvo Award, a four-year college scholarship, in 2008. In the intervening years, Zach performed with several other organizations including The Shelby Community Players, Muncie Civic Theatre, and Mainstage Theatre. During these years he also honed his craft at John Robert Powers Academy of Acting, Modeling, and Singing.
For the past four years, Zachary has been studying theatre at Ball State University. This brought about great growth and opportunity. He appeared in several student productions and cabarets. However, one of the most notable achievements was his involvement in "The Circus in Winter." Zachary appeared in both the original workshop/concert readings and the world premier production. He also appeared in the show at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival where the production took many awards including Outstanding New Musical. - Lee Tinsley was born on 4 March 1969 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA. He died on 12 January 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
- David Alexander was born on 21 April 1907 in Shelbyville, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for M Squad (1957), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962). He died on 21 March 1973 in the USA.
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Chase Standley was born on 19 July 1988 in Shelbyville, Illinois, USA. Chase is known for Ben 10 (2016), Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011) and Tig N' Seek (2020).- Art Department
Ralph Angel was born on 22 June 1886 in Shelbyville, Illinois, USA. Ralph died on 8 August 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Zoe Ryan O'Haillin was born in the small town of Shelbyville, Indiana - the youngest child of John and Roxanne Allen. At only three weeks old, she made her stage debut as Jesus in First Baptist Church of Shelbyville's annual Christmas cantata. It would be another five years before she would return to the stage and begin making regular appearances in school productions.
Although Zoe always expressed natural talent and a passion to perform, it wasn't until middle school that the "acting bug" really caught on. She appeared in every drama production in her four years at Western High School (Russiaville, IN), many of which she played a leading role. It was also in high school that Zoe began honing his skills as a singer. She was actively involved in her school's Honors Choir, for which she served as secretary and president during her junior and senior years, respectively. She also began formal acting and vocal training with private instructors and at John Robert Powers Academy of Acting, Modeling, and Singing.
Inevitably, school performances were just not enough. Zoe made her community theatre debut at the age of 14 in Kokomo Civic Theatre's 2004 production of "The Wizard of Oz." She would go on to perform in many shows with the company and received a handful of awards including the Hugo DiSalvo Award, a four-year college scholarship, in 2008. In the intervening years, Zoe performed with several other organizations including The Shelby Community Players, Muncie Civic Theatre, and Mainstage Theatre.
Zoe studied theatre at Ball State University from 2008 to 2012. This brought about great growth and opportunity. She appeared in several student productions and cabarets. However, one of the most notable achievements was her involvement in "The Circus in Winter." Zoe appeared in both the original workshop/concert readings and the world premier production. She also appeared in the show at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival where the production took many awards including Outstanding New Musical. It was at Ball State that Zoe also discovered a passion for and untapped skill as a costume designer.
While her theatre career continues to boom, Zoe always strives explore new horizons. This has lead her to pursuing her childhood dream of appearing on film. While at Ball State, she appeared in numerous student-produced films. She recently completed filming for Troma Entertainment's "Kill Dolly Kill: Dolly Deadly 2."
In her personal life, Zoe has great passion for sharing the arts, especially with children. She has worked with numerous non-profits to raise money for arts programs by producing, directing, and starring in fund-raising stage productions. She has also taught theatre on the high school level. Zoe is also active in the LGBTQ rights movement and autism awareness (she, herself, as Asperger Syndrome).- Writer
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Sidney Lazarus was born on 14 August 1880 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA. Sidney was a writer, known for Lady Be Good (1928), The Gorilla (1927) and Brothers (1930). Sidney was married to Maude Lazarus. Sidney died on 4 December 1933 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Britt Small is a true American Patriot, and an American paratrooper, who served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, in Vietnam. He is also a disabled veteran, and his music is the "sound track" of the American veteran's life. For 28 years, he traveled the United States & Canada, with his 12-piece band, Festival, entertaining audiences of all ages with their special brand of American patriotic music. In 1982, Britt Small & Festival played at the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, The Wall, in Washington, D.C. They returned to Washington, DC, in 1984, to perform at the dedication of the Three Fighting Men Statue, which today has become known as the "Forrest Gump" concert, due to the fact that Britt brought Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Sammy L. Davis, the real Forrest Gump, on stage to deliver his "Freedom Now" speech to the American public. In 1993, Britt Small & Festival were summon back to D.C. to perform at the dedication of the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and then again in 1995, for the dedication of the Korean War Memorial. They are the only group to be allowed to stand on top of The Wall, and sing during National Veterans Day ceremonies, and they performed over 45 concerts at the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. In their 28 years together, they released 18 albums, and traveled over two million miles in their 1954 Greyhound Scenicruiser bus, performing from coast to coast, and border to border. Go to the "history" page; the pictures will tell the story. Britt Small is still traveling the country, backed by the digital tracks of Festival. His emotional performances are an experience you will never forget. Welcome to the world of Britt Small.
- Mike Phipps was born on 19 November 1947 in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA.
- Joyce Paul was born in 1937 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA.
- Jennie Mai McQuiddy was born on 3 October 1885 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Sam Davis, the Hero of Tennessee (1915). She died on 18 September 1976 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Armani Mikel was born on 8 March 1996 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA. He is a composer and actor.- Additional Crew
Anna Marie Smith was born on 12 August 1986 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA. Anna Marie is known for Our Very Own (2005).